Archive for the ‘Halloween Art’ Category

Brandon has redesigned his Skull Nutcracker. When he first discovered figural nutcrackers on the internet and in books he set out and made his first designs without seeing an example in person. After we acquired a few vintage nutcrackers and after seeing other peoples collections, Brandon decided to recreate the Skull Nutcracker to be more delicate and more in scale with the vintage figural nutcrackers. The new version is approximately 7 inches tall . The old version was quite a bit larger at 8 inches tall.

Here is a picture of the old version and the new version for comparison.

Here are some pictures showing the detail of the new Skull Nutcracker……

Brandon also created the coffin shaped stand for this nutcracker. The Skull Nutcracker is the first of the new design and is signed and numbered #1. It is currently listed on Ebay. This would make a nice Halloween addition to any collection!

We joined the Nutcracker Collector’s Club a few months back and were amazed to learn that Susan, the editor of the club’s newsletter, lives within 25 miles of our home. She invited us to her home to see her collection and we eagerly accepted the invitation. Susan’s collection is quite extensive and diverse and she is a wealth of information on nutcrackers. We had a great visit and learned a lot from Susan and her collection. Here are a few pictures of her collection.

Susan's Nutcracker Collection

Susan's Nutcracker Collection

There we so many different types of nutcrackers to see and so much to talk about that we stayed for hours. It was great to meet Susan and her husband, Dave and a big Thank You to them for having us to their beautiful home.

Brandon has been carving a skull nutcracker and it’s nearing completion. Once done it will be listed it on Ebay.

Skull Figural Nutcracker

Skull Figural Nutcracker

Check back soon to see the completed Skull Nutcracker and see what Brandon’s working on!